steveq

Ironic that the actress playing Daphne wasn't from Manchester at all.....but Frasier's DAD was born and raised there !

There was one episode where he spoofs her accent, perfectly..

zerlesen

And Anthony LaPaglia is Australian.

tamms_1965

I have a nice American daughter living the city life in Cinci. She and her friends are educated, single, and in their early to mid 20s. AND her mother is married to a classy Brit (the ladies in the Midwest love the accent.....at least until they're married to it for awhile)

Pulaski

Sounds like you're running a dating service!

tamms_1965

She would kill me if she knew I posted that! She has a long-term BF but her roomie is available and pretty (and having an English stepdad, daughter has quite tired of the accent )

markowen

To the Univ. of Cinci I go

So Midwesterners love our accents? I'll keep that in mind picking a university for my SE. Philly isn't in stone yet.

scrubbedexpat099

Photo's?

tamms_1965

My old stomping grounds

markowen

The Midwest or UCinci? If the latter could you help me out on something related to universities...?

F1toOPTtoH1BHopefully

Hi Mark,

I'm not an immigration expert but I am a Brit who basically felt the same way you did. I have lived on and off doing internships etc and am currently in the US doing a graduate degree (law) and have a job when I graduate (in NY), for which the correct immigration papers are being filed. I know a ton of younger Brits who have moved over, studied here and are moving over in this current climate.

My advice is that if you really want to move to the US, your choice of career is the biggest hindrance. It's a TERRIBLE market and a dying industry. Publishing or PR may be a bit better but journalism is a disaster area. And these industries often run on unpaid interns, so the likelihood of them paying the costs to move you over are almost zero. Weirdly enough, most of the British people I know are not moving over for banking (thanks TARP!) or law or huge organizations, but for smaller companies with whom they've interned and who really like them. A 40 person company in many cases will pay the costs. But the issue is the timing. Since immigration creates a huge time lag, it basically makes you unemployable to most organizations unless they really want you or there is already a industry wide culture of long gaps between the job offer and starting the job. Hiring out of (post)grad school, for example, is often done way in advance.

The previous post is correct btw. You have soft fungible skills and no hard skills and I would remedy that while you have a chance. Take some statistics classes, or do whatever you can to gain STEM type skills in your degree.

So I would recommend to either try to get a masters degree in the US after your BA or to try to work for companies who can transfer you on an L1. Aside from marriage, I think they are your only options.

Duncan Roberts

If you want midwest and journalism then look at Ohio University.

markowen

Thanks

kimilseung

My missus picked a Scouser. I'm in America and you're not.

agentred

This. Or networking. Or Canada!

Nutek